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Mainstage Variable

tru2

Time on training since ref date: Unit

Datafile

indresp

Index terms

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	12488	86.61%
proxy	-7	965	6.69%
Hours	1	295	2.05%
Days	2	541	3.75%
Weeks	3	79	0.55%
Months	4	37	0.26%
Other	5	13	0.09%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.89	13454	1.0	5.0	0.81	965

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	12805	86.1%
proxy	-7	948	6.37%
Hours	1	336	2.26%
Days	2	632	4.25%
Weeks	3	100	0.67%
Months	4	47	0.32%
Other	5	5	0.03%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.89	13753	1.0	5.0	0.76	1120

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13251	86.09%
proxy	-7	977	6.35%
Hours	1	367	2.38%
Days	2	673	4.37%
Weeks	3	89	0.58%
Months	4	31	0.2%
Other	5	4	0.03%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.82	14228	1.0	5.0	0.71	1164

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	17	0.11%
inapplicable	-8	13334	85.38%
proxy	-7	982	6.29%
Hours	1	380	2.43%
Days	2	738	4.73%
Weeks	3	102	0.65%
Months	4	52	0.33%
Other	5	12	0.08%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.89	14333	1.0	5.0	0.78	1284

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	13485	85.4%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
Hours	1	429	2.72%
Days	2	675	4.27%
Weeks	3	119	0.75%
Months	4	48	0.3%
Other	5	13	0.08%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.86	14507	1.0	5.0	0.81	1284

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	14123	86.97%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
Hours	1	365	2.25%
Days	2	674	4.15%
Weeks	3	112	0.69%
Months	4	57	0.35%
Other	5	10	0.06%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.91	15020	1.0	5.0	0.8	1218

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.05%
inapplicable	-8	14501	87.37%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
Hours	1	380	2.29%
Days	2	684	4.12%
Weeks	3	85	0.51%
Months	4	38	0.23%
Other	5	11	0.07%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.84	15399	1.0	5.0	0.76	1198

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	8	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	16661	88.31%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
Hours	1	457	2.42%
Days	2	747	3.96%
Weeks	3	126	0.67%
Months	4	59	0.31%
Other	5	8	0.04%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.86	17470	1.0	5.0	0.79	1397

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	13636	87.39%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
Hours	1	391	2.51%
Days	2	818	5.24%
Weeks	3	147	0.94%
Months	4	67	0.43%
Other	5	13	0.08%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.95	14167	1.0	5.0	0.8	1436

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.04%
inapplicable	-8	13923	89.12%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
Hours	1	332	2.13%
Days	2	703	4.5%
Weeks	3	132	0.84%
Months	4	75	0.48%
Other	5	17	0.11%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2.0	14364	1.0	5.0	0.85	1259

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	33	0.3%
inapplicable	-8	9653	88.51%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
don't know	-1	11	0.1%
Hours	1	238	2.18%
Days	2	483	4.43%
Weeks	3	80	0.73%
Months	4	46	0.42%
Other	5	4	0.04%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.94	10055	1.0	5.0	0.79	851

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